For the next several hours, Julian and Lilianna sat side-by-side in the vehicle, unsure exactly what to say to the other beside them. Julian believed there would be no collection of words whether written for him or spoken from his heart that would allow her to understand the depth of his truth, while Lilianna was petrified of becoming his next victim if she spoke out of turn. She recalled the details of the articles that she had read and began to tremble with the thought that he could bring any form of harm to her. Although the silence continued to build between them; without even the distraction of the radio or the sound of cars passing on either side of them as they were upon a rather desolate and abandoned road, both of them craved for the other to speak.
The sudden sound of an Altoid
